Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1887-04-29
NATHAN CARPENTER,
Perrysburg, Ohio.
An "0ld Maids" Experience In ReaI
Estate.


I've had so many grievances in trying 10
make an honest living and 80 few avenues
open, and that only the soul Of honor
itself entered into transactions where land
WAS concerned, have concluded TO 90 INTO
the real estate business.
found very little compensation at first,
but plenty of friends who niGed me with
their advice. They would point out the
very pieces for ME to buy 10 make money
on, and most always hire n carriage TO
take me to see the lot,and take me TO the
very real estate man who had charge OF
il, and their parting words were 10 take it
quick or il would be gone, 60 soon loaded
up TO the guards, ms the boys call il. 1t is
strange how many relatives Urbana people
have in these booming towns. would
meet them on every tram, all going TO see
their cousin IN Findlay, or their aunt IN
Bowling Green. The next time | meet
some of them they will be going TO see
their uncle, l expect. In Lima, the other
day young man came to me TO give me
pointer. lie said that he could put me
onto great scheme. "They want manu-
tacturers here, and they want them had"
I will go in with you and divide. l will
represent you Ms the proprietor OF large
bucket shop in Chicago, desiring TO remove
your works 10 state where the business
has not been overdone, and you will receive
immediate attention." decided to make
the venture; and sure enough the city
council called on me with four-horse rig
and showed me where the inner belt rail-
road WAS to be located aud where the
outer helt would probably he buil,; also
the sight of the two opposition belt roads
aud they offered me deed TO any Ten
acres might select and ten thousand
dollars in money ns soon as | should make
n showing of bnilling.
They explained to me the natural ad-
vantnges of the city and its especial
adaptation to the business wished TO en-
gage in, aud pointed with pride to some Of
their citizen., among them Mr.. Cal. Brice
aud his associates, who, while they had
no, been particularly identified with Just
the business i proposed, hnd made large
fortunes in manufacturing. BY this time
thought had better ace my young man
again. / made an appointment 10 see
them later. They drove me back To my
hotel and ordered all my bills charged to
them aud sent for the young man. He
then explained 10 me that l must secure
the pnraphernalia necessary TO carry on
the bnsine-s, and arrange to have i: de
livered nj Lima that | could arrange Ia
have my deed oi the ten acres and five
thousand dollars paid me down aud the
balance when should have fifty regular
customers. After dinner the City Council
and ten OF the prominent business men
called upon me aud rendered me the free
dom OF the city. and said 10 me that they
were authorized TO close the contract
with me. / closed Immediately on the
advice Of the y0nng man. | WAS very
well pleased with The frat days work,
and with the character Of the men will
! whom had To deal. Some of them had
} been wheat and oat men, and had mR de
fortunes themselves in peculiar aud spe-
cial grades Of the article which they had
; the enterprise to introduce into this part
of the State for the first time, from Boz
: hemia. That evening the daily papers
came out IN great head lines with whole
columns announcing the positive location
} of the bucket shops in Lima The people
were wild about II. and the next morning
when went to see the ten acres they had
: given me, il looked like national ceme-
terry. 1t had been slaked off into towr
lots for half a mile in every direction, ant
lots sold rapidly. All day and far into
The night men could be seen stepping of
and buyins property. That night / wrot,
an article for the "Women's Rights" en-
titled "Who says that womnn's sphere j
the Kitchen" Signed
THE "OLD MAID"
Urbana, o, April "a. 'S7.